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Letters Patent .No. 79,435, dated June 30, 1868.

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T0 ALL'WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. BEARnsLnY, of Ithaca, Tompkins county, New York, have invented an improved Curtain-Fixture or Fastening; and I -do hereby declare thefcllowing is a full and exact description `thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters thereon.

Figure 1 is a view of my fastening attached to a window-casing,

Figure 2 a side view thereof.

Figure 3 a sectional view, and

Figure 4 a view ofthe cavity in the winding-cylinder.

My object is to' make a simple and effective device, by which a curtain is raised and lowered at pleasure.

This I accomplish by a drum or cylinder, enclosed in a suitable case, to which I attach a cord or tape on the inside Ythereof by a knot, and on which I wind the tape.. The tape goes to a spool on the end ofthe curtainroller. The cylinder is 4operated. by a crank, and I so weight the curtain and the knob of the handle of the crank that the curtain is raised by thecrank, andfalls when the crank is reversed.

In iig. 1E Ais the wood window-casing, and B is my fastening,'secured to the casting by the screws C; and D is the crank with the Weight, knob, or handle E, and turning the cylinder F, part of which projects from the case B; and Gr is the tape thatjoins the spool commonly used on the` curtain-roller to thc cylinder F.

In iig. 2, the same letters indicate the same parts. i

In fig. 3, the same letters also show the same parts, but it will be further noticed that at H is n slot in thc case B for the tape to pass through, and at I is a slot in the cylinder F, for the end of the tape to go through and be-fastened in the cavity J of the cylinder.

In iig. 4, the cavity J is seen looking down into it.

Turning the crank one way raises the curtain, and the other way lowers the curtain, aided, .if necessary, by a weight on the bott'cm of the curtain. And theV knob E is made of such size and weight as to hold the curtain fast, aided by'thc friction of the cylinder-bearings.

The advantages and uses of myinventiou are apparent to those skilled in the artI to` which it appertains.

Claim. The construction and arrangement ofthe described parts, viz, the winding-cylinder F, crank D, Weighted knob E, and case or frame B, supporting a'nd holding the same, so as to make a fastening or fixture for the cord or tape ofcurtains, substantially as set forth.

` GEORGE F. BEARDSLEY.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL J. PARKER,

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